Hometown Tours: Traces of Tucker in Lincoln Park & Downriver

Original “Car of the Future” 1948 Tucker on displayThe Henry Ford, Dearborn

Preston Tucker’s home
1314 Warwick, Lincoln Park
Now a municipal parking lot, plans are underway to place a historic marker on this site
It’s believed Tucker and his wife Vera resided in two other houses in Lincoln Park: one on Garfield Street and the other on Fort Park near Anne Street.

Lincoln Park Police Station
A Lincoln Park policeman from 1923-1928, original photos of Tucker in uniform hang in the station lobby.

Southbound Southfield Road near Dix / Lincoln Park City Hall
1948 site of the infamous Tucker ‘48 breakdown.
After returning from his son Preston junior’s wedding reception at the Dearborn Inn, the Tucker ’48 broke down on the way to Lincoln Park City Hall where Tucker planned to show off the new car to hometown folks. Dressed in formal attire, Tucker got out of the car and tinkered with the engine until it started running again.
With his wife, Vera, at his side, and long-time friend William S. Mellus, publisher of The Mellus Newspapers, Tucker proudly drove up to “the waiting throng, which received him, and his car, with cheers.”

Keeping the legend alive!Tucker Historical Collection and Library at the Gilmore Car Museum
6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI 49060
The Tucker collection has grown from a single photograph to thousands of items. The Tucker No. 1047 is displayed at the Gilmore Car Museum Gas Station. Museum visitors can enjoy peaking at a re-creation of what Tucker’s office inside the Tucker Corporation may have looked like.